Chanakya Quotes

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

That's something the head scarf, in a symbolic way, is meant to do in Arabic culture: it defines your relationship to your husband and the men of your family differently than your relationship to the average guy on the street you've never met.

Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands' parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is "taking a daughter-in-law.

In countries where there is no marriage, there is no duty between husband and wife; when marriage comes, husband and wife live together on account of attachment; and that kind of living together becomes settled after generations; and when it becomes so settled, it becomes a duty.

A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

People are saying I am against the chador. I am not. On the contrary. I am for traditional family values.

My grandma was a very traditional woman but, at the same time, would want me to have kids.

From the time I've landed in India and wherever I've travelled, I've only experienced politeness and courtesy. There has been no hatred whatsoever. But I strongly feel every country has its formalities and rules that one has to abide by. I believe in respecting that, as it is in the best interests of everyone.

My family values are really, really important.

When I was a kid, we called every teacher, every parent - anyone over the age of 20, it seemed - 'Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so.'

American life is based on a reassurance that we like one another but won't violate one another's privacies. This makes it a land of small talk.

Like, in Asian culture, you have to be down with the family. You have to be down with all the crazy traditional or non-traditional things we do.

We want to uplift the culture of Filipino - our respect to our elders, how we pray before we eat and sleep. These are things the younger generations tend to forget because of our exposure to other cultures.

In Argentina, you do what your father does. If your father plays football, you play football. If your father plays polo, you play polo.

Saiyans don't have much of a concept of 'family.'

People in England have a lot of respect. It is relaxed here.

It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this amazing politeness of American life that's not at all class specific. It's not like people get more polite as ascend the hierarchy of society. Just incredible good manners. It's always been something that I've noticed.

Family habits die hard.

If you call a Brazilian out publicly, you're going to be fighting that Brazilian. That's in their culture.

Today, youths say 'Hi and Bye' even to their parents. Instead, they should touch parents' feet as a mark of respect.

I'm a girl from the South, so I was raised with morals - you know, your family's first.

I realize that there's a whole generation of kids out there like me who are totally disregarding the moral values taught to us by our parents.

There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.

A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.